Indian bowlers dominate third day, eyeing maiden Test series win in Australia   

Australia were left struggling at 236/6 in their first innings, trailing India by 386 runs at stumps on the third day of the fourth cricket Test in Sydney on Saturday. At the close of the day's play, Peter Handscomb was batting on a patient 28 while Pat Cummins was on 25 at the other end.

The day belonged to the Indian bowlers as they completely dominated the Australian batsmen, putting the visitors in a very good position to push ahead for a win.

The Australians will thank the weather gods for some respite as poor light and rain forced the umpires to take the players off the field before calling it a day around an hour before the scheduled close of play.

After a somewhat quiet opening session, the Indians took the upper hand after lunch as the Australians lost wickets at regular intervals. Kuldeep Yadav was the most successful bowler for India with figures of 3/71. Fellow Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja also took two wickets.

Resuming the day at the overnight score of 24/0, Australia lost their first wicket when Usman Khawaja was dismissed by Yadav. Khawaja, who was batting slowly and steadily, scored 27 runs off 71 balls with three hits to the fence. He gave good support to fellow opener Marcus Harris who was in good form at the other end.

The two of them put together an opening partnership of 72 runs to give the Australian innings a steady start. The Australians were forced onto the back foot in the second session as the Indian bowlers started to dominate.

Harris was the first to depart after lunch when he was bowled by Jadeja. Harris scored 79 runs with eight boundaries studding his 120-ball stay in the middle.

Jadeja bagged his second wicket soon after when he sent Shaun Marsh back to the pavilion. Marnus Labuschagne seemed to be in good touch before Ajinkya Rahane pulled off an excellent catch off Mohammed Shami's bowling.

Travis Head fell to a superb caught and bowled effort by Yadav shortly before tea as the hosts plunged into further trouble.

The Australians ran into even deeper trouble in the very first over after tea as Tim Paine was bowled by a flights delivery by Yadav. But Cummins and Handscomb ensured that the Australians lost no more wickets before the close of play.

It's important to learn from Ashwin and Jadeja, feels Kuldeep

Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav, who emerged with figures of 3/71 on the third day of the fourth Test against Australia, has said that sharing space with senior spinners like Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja motivates him.

Kuldeep's economical bowling effort meanwhile, has also put India in a commanding position in the final Test of series. Australia trail India by 386 runs in their first innings with just four wickets in hand.

"When you know you have Ashwin and Jadeja, the best spinners and you are the third one, so there is a lot to motivate yourself and learn from them," the International Cricket Council (ICC) website quoted Kuldeep as saying.

"They keep pushing me in the nets that you have to bowl this way in good areas. So I am very motivated and it is important to learn from them because they have played enough cricket and I am still learning. Sometimes it's hard you know when the batsmen are picking you," the left-arm spinner added.

The wrist-spinner also said he has tried to learn a lot after featuring against England last year in their own backyard in the Lord's Test.

"That England tour was challenging for me and when I played there in the Lord's Test match. After that, I really worked on my bowling with my coach so you know for a spinner, any spinner, it's very important to stick with the basics and just follow what we call the basic thing of spin bowling: a little bit of flight, turn the ball," Kuldeep explained.

"More important than the perfect area is deceiving the batsman in the air. That's the more important thing for me and I'm still working on that. I don't believe in mystery or something like that. If you're good enough to deceive the batsmen in the air that's good enough for me and I'm looking for that only," he added.

Virat Kohli needs to calm down and go on a holiday: KL Rahul

Indian cricketer KL Rahul thinks star cricketer Virat Kohli needs to calm down, and go on a holiday mode. Rahul expressed his views in an episode of Karan Johar's celebrity chat show "Koffee with Karan" season 6.

When Karan asked him who he thought should go for therapy, Rahul said: "I think Virat. He needs to calm down. I keep telling him, he's just, he has never had a holiday mode. He's always like ‘work, work, work'."

Rahul appeared on the show with Hardik Pandya. The episode will air on Star World on Sunday. When Karan asked whom would you take fitness advice from? Pandya said "Virat".

Award for the best prankster? Then also he chose "Virat". And the award for the most romantic? Rahul said: "Again, Virat". The cricketers have a soft spot for Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Karan asked them about the better captain, Pandya said: "MS Dhoni because I made my debut and it was fantastic". Rahul added: "In terms of achievement, yes MS Dhoni".